Sentences with phrase «voter backlash»

But as the decades passed, lawmakers increasingly passed bills to raise their salary as far in advance of the next election as possible to reduce the likelihood of voter backlash.

The Republican wave in 2010 was fueled by voter backlash against Obama's policies, headlined by the health care law that quickly became known as «Obamacare.»

In many countries here in Europe raising defense expenditure is one of the few things that governments would love to do, to make good friends with the USA as well as projecting a more powerful image, but they're really afraid of potential voters backlash.

But Democratic lawmakers should learn the lesson of gay marriage — and recognize that there would be little voter backlash in passing the Unborn Victims of Violence Act.

See Catie Low, «Bruce Billson rejects anti-effects test lobby's claims of voter backlash» (SMH, 17 September 2015).

Teamsters President Jim Hoffa sounded resigned to the right - to - work measure's passage, in a statement released shortly after the vote, but promised a voter backlash like those seen in other Midwest states.

Back in August, we looked at a long series of questions the campaign could answer, ranging from the effectiveness of mobile canvassing to the possibility of a voter backlash against highly targeted advertising.

The former prime minister is keeping his own appearances to a minimum as some Remain campaigners are concerned about a voter backlash.

Rebel Labour MPs have called a «truce» in their battle to oust Gordon Brown because they fear a voter backlash if they undermine him during the global financial crisis.

Gov. Cuomo called plans in Washington to eliminate state and local tax deductibility a «modern form of treason» — and urged New York's congressional delegation to block the anti-New York measures or face a voter backlash.

Cuomo called plans in Washington to eliminate state and local tax deductibility a «modern form of treason,» and urged New York's congressional delegation to block the anti-New York measures or face a voter backlash.

That's the type of wishful thinking and lack of resolve that got us into the budget mess in the first place, Paterson's camp contends, but vulnerable Senate Democrats, especially those in the suburbs with school districts that will be hit hard by the cuts, are wary of a voter backlash.

Mayor Bill de Blasio put politics over helping the homeless, rejecting proposed shelters in Queens for fear of a voter backlash, a new report charges.

«Reminds me of Gingrich in «94,» Cuomo said, referring to the voter backlash against Bill Clinton, when Republicans took Congress in a wave of voter dissatisfaction.

The Catholic education sector has warned of a voter backlash after the Federal Government announced its latest funding model.

That was certainly true in 2010, when a voter backlash against Obamacare triggered a wave of Republican victories, especially at the state level, which in turn set the stage for major progress on education reform priorities in 2011 (rightfully dubbed «the year of school choice» by the Wall Street Journal).

Michelle A. Rhee butted heads frequently during her three - year tenure as schools chancellor of Washington with the president of the local teachers» union, George Parker, and eventually a voter backlash over the city's school reform wars cost both of them their jobs.

Most politicians are too worried about the voter backlash they will face if they do abolish NG.

Frydenberg is juggling a politically poisoned chalice, overflowing with the voter backlash that's brewing in South Australia — due to its wind powered pricing and -LSB-...]

But if policymakers set the price too high, higher energy prices will trigger a voter backlash that will result in the repeal or non-enforcement of regulations and a discrediting of climate policy.